SURPRISE, Arizona – The Hawai'i Hilo women's tennis team took down Biola, 4-2, in Wednesday's opening round of the Pacific West Conference Championships at the Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex.
The Vulcans, seeded 10th, fell behind early after dropping the doubles points with match-losses each by scores of 6-2 to the seventh-seeded Eagles.
Biola claimed another point with a singles win on court one, but the Vulcans rallied to take four in a row for the victory.
McKenna Mountain and Casydee De Mattos' matches went to three sets as the latter battled back from being down 1-0 to notch the match-clinching victory with a 6-2 win.
SINGLES WINS
3. [UHH] M. Mountain def. [BU] B. Fager (6-2, 3-6, 6-1)
4. [UHH] H. Osaki def. [BU] A. Mann (6-2, 6-4)
5. [UHH] N. Okamoto def. [BU] G. Carvajal (6-2, 6-0)
6. [UHH] C. De Mattos def. [BU] A. Kitts (5-7, 6-1, 6-2)
WHAT'S NEXT
Hawai'i Hilo improved to 9-8 on the season and advances to Thursday's PacWest Championships quarterfinals round to take on second-seeded Azusa Pacific.
The two teams previously met twice with APU winning both matches.
Biola fell to 6-12 and will continue on in the consolation bracket.
